Performance of neutron and gamma personnel dosimetry in mixed radiation fields

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6053580

Swaja, R E; Sims, C S

From 1974 to 1980, six personnel dosimetry intercomparison studies (PDIS) were conducted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to evaluate the performance of personnel dosimeters in a variety of neutron and gamma fields produced by operating the Health Physics Research Reactor (HPRR) in the steady state mode with and without spectral modifying shields. A total of 58 different organizations participated in these studies which produced approximately 2000 measurements of neutron and gamma dose equivalents on anthropomorphic phantoms for five different reactor spectra. Based on these data, the relative performance of three basic types of neutron dosimeters (nuclear emulsion film, thermoluminescent (TLD), and track-etch) and two basic types of gamma dosimeters (film and TLD) in mixed radiation fields was assessed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6053580
• Report Number(s): CONF-810850-1; ON: DE81028140; TRN: 81-016320
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the Australian Radiation Protection Society, Sydney, Australia, 24 Aug 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
DOSEMETERS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GAMMA DOSIMETRY
HPRR REACTOR
NEUTRON DOSIMETRY
PHANTOMS
PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DOSEMETERS
THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS
AIR COOLED REACTORS
DATA
DOSIMETRY
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
INFORMATION
LUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MOCKUP
NUMERICAL DATA
PULSED REACTORS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
STRUCTURAL MODELS
TESTING
655003* - Medical Physics- Dosimetry